Videos & Photos Videos Layouts Layout Visits Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern

Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern

By Cody Grivno | February 26, 2024

| Last updated on April 26, 2024


The 29 x 36-foot layout depicts the railway's Kalispell Division in Big Sky Country during the late 1950s

Email Newsletter

Get the newest photos, videos, stories, and more from Trains.com brands. Sign-up for email today!

Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern Kalispell Division is set in Montana in the late 1950s. The 29 x 36-foot walk-in layout, featured in the April 2024 issue of Model Railroader, is set between Whitefish, Mont., and Shelby, Mont. The model railroad features several of GN’s name passenger and freight trains, including the Empire Builder, Western Star, the West Coaster, Twin City, and Fruit Forwarding. Signature structures include the Whitefish Station, Belton Station, Izaak Walton Inn, Summit, Glacier Park Station, Sheep Creek Bridge, and Two Medicine River Bridge.

You must login to submit a comment